How foreign FCRA funding for conversion is reinvested within India: Part 1

Missionary activities

Introduction Over the last decade, FCRA remittances by Evangelical organizations into India have mostly been the preferred route to funnel foreign money into India for conversion activities. And NGOs have been the majority of the recipients of this FCRA-routed Evangelism money. But foreign remittances via the FCRA route is just a partial view of a much More...

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By Sankrant Sanu On Tuesday, October 21st, 2014
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INDIAFACTS INVESTIGATION: Mission India funded NGOs in India

This is the follow up report to the two–part investigation into the Michigan-based Evangelical organization, Mission India’s activities in India exposed by IndiaFacts. The key factor in both investigative More...


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By Sankrant Sanu On Sunday, October 19th, 2014
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Mission India: Many Faces, One Intent – Part II

The first part of IndiaFacts investigation showed how Mission India (MI) of Michigan remits funds by itself as well as through assumed-name organizations to its subsidiary NGOs, Seva Bharat (SB) and Letha Charitable More...


By Sankrant Sanu On Sunday, October 19th, 2014
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Weekly Hindu Persecution Digest: 13 October 2014 — 19 October 2014

1. ‘Illegal Madrasas’ in Bengal,Assam Training Militants: NIA Report: The NIA officials investigating the Bardhaman blasts case suspect that large quantities of explosives are hidden in many parts of More...


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By Abhinav Prakash On Saturday, October 18th, 2014
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Fact Sheet on the JNU Mahishasura Day Controversy

Introduction On 14 October, the Press release of Asian Human Rights Commission titled “INDIA: Raid of Forward Press office is attack on freedom of expression” condemned the police action against a “Dalit” More...


By Sankrant Sanu On Saturday, October 18th, 2014
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IndiaFacts Investigation: The Many Faces of Mission India – Part I

Background FCRA stands for Foreign Contributions Regulation Act, 2010. It governs the flow of foreign funds to Indian Organizations –to both Governmental and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO). The annual fund More...


By Koenraad Elst On Friday, October 17th, 2014
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Lessons Hindus need to learn from Christianity’s extermination of Paganism

Numerous British and more largely Western neo-Pagans seek contact with Hinduism. They recognize a similarity, both positively and negatively, both in their own religion’s characteristics and in the misfortunes More...


By Ram Ohri On Tuesday, October 14th, 2014
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ISIS IS DEADLY: WAKE UP INDIA!

Though the announcement by the jihadi outfit ISIS of the formation of a Caliphate under Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has caused enormous consternation among the strategic analyst across the world, the full implications More...


By Sankrant Sanu On Sunday, October 12th, 2014
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Weekly Hindu Persecution Digest: 6 October 2014 — 12 October 2014

1. Pakistan continues to violate ceasefire along LoC, target villages; two women killed, dozens injured Report: Two women were killed and nearly two dozen others injured as Pakistan continued shelling civilian More...


By Sankrant Sanu On Sunday, October 5th, 2014
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Weekly Hindu Persecution Digest: 29 September 2014 — 5 October 2014

1. TTD Worker Held for ‘Proselytising’ Report: In yet another incident of propaganda of other religions on Tirumala Hills, the TTD vigilance staff on Wednesday detained a contract employee working at More...